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grow in great Plenty in the North-Weft Parts of 
Tenfyhania. 
Formica villofa coccinea. The Velvet- Ant. This 
Infcd is fhaped like an Ant, and is about the Size 
of a Hornet. The Body is elegantly marked with 
black and crimfon Velvet. The Thorax is of fo 
ftrong and hard a Contexture, that, being trod upon 
by Aden or Cattle, they receive no Harm. They 
have a long Sting in their Tails, which caufes Im 
flammation and great Pain to thofc who are flung. 
1 6 . Caprimalgus minor Americanus. The Whip- 
poor Will. 
This nodurnal Bird is about the Size of a Black- 
bird. It has the fmalleft Bill, and wideft Mouth, of 
any other Bird, in proportion to its Size 5 it hides 
itfelf in the Day, and is then never feen, but at the 
Dusk of the Evening he fets up his Cry, repeating 
it inceflantly, till Break of Day, making a very loud 
and fhrill Noife, which, the Echoes from the Rocks, 
and Sides of Mountains, increafe to fuch a Degree, 
that the Silence of the Night is much interrupted 
thereby. Their Cry is like the Sound of the Pro^ 
nunciation of the Words Whip-poor-WilL 
The Indians fay, thefe Birds were never known 
till a great Maflacre was made of their Country 
Folks by the Englijh ; and that they are Souls or 
departed Spirits of the maflacred Indians. Abun- 
dance of People look upon them as Birds of ill 
Omen, and are very melancholy, if one of them 
happens to light upon their Houfe, or near their 
Door, and fet up his Cry (as they will fometimes- 
upon 
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